Greater China

Investors cheered Hon Hai Precision Industry Co’s first convertible bond (CB) issue in seven years this week, cramming in $3bn of orders into the $500m deal. That pent-up demand, along with the Taiwanese iPhone parts maker’s own strong equity and credit, meant it could get away with aggressive terms. John Loh writes.

A group of four lenders has joined a $300m loan for China Modern Dairy during general syndication. The newcomers were not scaled back from their initial commitments.

Chinese steel maker Shougang Group has turned its attention to the offshore loan market, sending an invitation for an up to $300m financing a month, after nabbing $400m from bond investors.

China Huarong Asset Management Co started taking bids for a five tranche, dual-currency bond on Tuesday morning. It wants to become the first Chinese financial institution to sell offshore bonds after the sovereign tightened the curve with a landmark deal last week.

The securitization market in China is “on a tear”, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts, and with supply set to greatly outpace that of European ABS, investors should be looking at the Chinese market more closely.

Tencent-backed China Literature has closed books on its red-hot HK$8.3bn ($1.1bn) Hong Kong IPO a day earlier than planned, although there was no firm price guidance from the lead banks.

Taiwan-listed Hon Hai Precision Industry Co is in the market with an up to $500m currency-linked convertible bond, breaking a seven year absence from equity-linked issuance.

Ronshine China Holdings has raised HK$1.2bn ($155.6m) after a selling a chunk of shares through a top-up placement, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday morning.

Wanda Holding Group has picked the lead manager for its dollar-denominated Reg S bond, and is meeting investors in Hong Kong on Monday. Tianqi Lithium, meanwhile, is looking to raise $300m from an offshore bond.

China Jinmao Holdings Group was back in the market on Monday morning with its third perpetual deal of the year, this time approaching investors with a subordinated structure.

Razer started taking orders on Monday for a Hong Kong IPO that could be worth as much as HK$4.3bn ($545.0m). About a third of the book has already been covered by cornerstone investors, even though some bankers think the valuation looks stretched.

China is weighing the possibility of making its non-RMB sovereign bond issuance more regular, Russia’s Rusal could soon sell RMB bonds in its domestic market, and Bank of Jamaica is discussing whether to hold RMB in its reserves.